Compulsive Gambling in Michigan
Final Report
1997
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments — iii
Executive Summary — v
The Literature
Review Process — 1
What Are the
Gambling Trends? — 3
What are the
Characteristics of Gambling and Compulsive Gambling? — 10
In What Ways Has our Understanding of
Gambling Problems
Grown and
Changed? — 14
Table 6. Characteristics Associated with Compulsive Gamblers — 20
How Good are
the Completed Studies — 22
Summary and
Implications for this Michigan Study — 33
Endnotes 35
Focus Group Report — 36
The Detroit
Focus Group –
Compulsive Gamblers — 36
The Kalamazoo
Focus Group –
University Students — 39
State Police
Focus Group — 41
Therapists and
Counselors Focus Group — 47
Focus Groups
Summary — 53
A Survey of Gambling
Behaviors in Michigan — 56
Characteristics
of the Sample — 57
Results — 63
(Survey Tables 7-18) — 60+
Detailed
Results — 66
Results for
Problem Gamblers — 71
Summary — 77
References — 80
Appendix A: Research data and sources used in development of Figures 1-4 of the Literature Review
Appendix B: Survey Form for Michigan Survey of Compulsive Gambling (Included in A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan above)
Appendix C: Counties in Geographic Regions (Included in A Survey of Gambling Behaviors in Michigan above)